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Queen and worker ID

Started By Okeedoke22 , Jun 19 2016 12:29 PM

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#1 Offline Okeedoke22 - Posted June 19 2016 - 12:29 PM

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Hello.

I found another Queen!😀
New York.
Wooded area, surrounded by city streets.
Queen found under a slate slab. I place it the about a month ago and it paid off.
Queen was nesting in a half broken/rotten acorn.
8-9 mm

I also found some naked pupae to hopefully boost my parasitic Lasius. Took 1 worker to ID before I give it to queen.
Workers are about 5-6 mm

On another note the cotton gloves Drew uses were delivered. So this is the 1st test tube with that setup.

Thanks once again.

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Prenolepis Imparis

Tetramorium Sp. E

Crematogaster
Brachymyrmex Sp.

Lasius Claviger 

 

#2 Offline Okeedoke22 - Posted June 19 2016 - 12:47 PM

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Closer look. Worker looks like Tetramorium. Obviously I don't know anything so I'm just guessing for fun.

Prenolepis Imparis

Tetramorium Sp. E

Crematogaster
Brachymyrmex Sp.

Lasius Claviger 

 

#3 Offline Runner12 - Posted June 19 2016 - 12:48 PM

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The Queen looks like some kind of Crematogaster. Those workers don't look like Lasius though, they look like tetramorium maybe. Lasius have cocooned pupae.

Edit: you beat me to the punch lol

Edited by Runner12, June 19 2016 - 12:49 PM.

#4 Offline LC3 - Posted June 19 2016 - 1:09 PM

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Those workers look too skinny to be Tetramorium as well as too long (Tetras' workers are around 2 - 3mm). I'd say they are an Aphaenogaster sp.

 

I agree with Runner, the queen looks like Crematogaster but they are very hard to ID from what I have heard.


#5 Offline Okeedoke22 - Posted June 19 2016 - 2:21 PM

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Awesome. I don't have Crematogaster so that would be awesome. If you guys are not sure hopefully someone can confirm.

Does Tetra workers have those spikes like the Queen? I thought I seen the spikes on workers. Maybe I it was just their legs. I just checked again and they are 5mm exactly

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Tetramorium Sp. E

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Lasius Claviger 

 

#6 Offline LC3 - Posted June 19 2016 - 3:00 PM

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Tetramorium workers seem to have really tiny spikes, 2 on the back of their thorax, I don't think you can really see them unless you used some magnifying device.


#7 Offline Runner12 - Posted June 19 2016 - 3:42 PM

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Yeah on second glance I agree with LC3, those are probably Aphaenogaster, 5mm is too large for Tetramorium and Tetramorium has a boxier head.


#8 Offline ctantkeeper - Posted June 19 2016 - 4:34 PM

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the queen is of the genus Crematogaster and the worker is of the genus Pheidole.


#9 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted June 19 2016 - 5:19 PM

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Interesting to find a Crematogaster queen under a slab you placed one month ago, seeing as how they fly in late summer! She might have bailed out of a co-founding with another queen.

 

You might want to see if she'll accept some food.


If you've enjoyed using my expertise and identifications, please do not create undue ecological risk by releasing your ants. The environment which we keep our pet insects is alien and oftentimes unsanitary, so ensure that wild populations stay safe by giving your ants the best care you can manage for the rest of their lives, as we must do with any other pet.

 

Exotic ants are for those who think that vibrant diversity is something you need to pay money to see. It is illegal to transport live ants across state lines.

 

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#10 Offline Okeedoke22 - Posted June 19 2016 - 5:38 PM

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Interesting to find a Crematogaster queen under a slab you placed one month ago, seeing as how they fly in late summer! She might have bailed out of a co-founding with another queen.
 
You might want to see if she'll accept some food.

Ok. Protein or some sweets? I only seen a small slutch of eggs.

Also I put that pupae from Aephanogaster or Pheidole in with my 2 of my Tetra Queens. I guess I will have to fish them out. What will happen if I leave them? Queen brought it closer to water with her.

Prenolepis Imparis

Tetramorium Sp. E

Crematogaster
Brachymyrmex Sp.

Lasius Claviger 

 

#11 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted June 19 2016 - 6:34 PM

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Sweets would be nice. Don't offer protein at least until she has a few larvae.

You probably should take the pupae out. There's a good chance they will mold.


Edited by Batspiderfish, June 19 2016 - 6:35 PM.

If you've enjoyed using my expertise and identifications, please do not create undue ecological risk by releasing your ants. The environment which we keep our pet insects is alien and oftentimes unsanitary, so ensure that wild populations stay safe by giving your ants the best care you can manage for the rest of their lives, as we must do with any other pet.

 

Exotic ants are for those who think that vibrant diversity is something you need to pay money to see. It is illegal to transport live ants across state lines.

 

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